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Presents a listing of countries which are known to have stockpiles of nuclear weapons. Observations regarding North Korea's desire to join this list of nations; Middle Eastern countries that covet nuclear weapons technology.

Reports the Los Alamos and Sandia national laboratories have begun design definition and detailed cost analyses for a new nuclear warhead that will be common to the Air Force's tactical Short Range Attack Missile (SRAM-T) and the Army's Follow-onto Lance (FOTL) system.

Discusses the problem of aging warhead-producing facilities in the US. How these facilities, built in the 1940s and 1950s, are limiting production of warhead materials such as plutonium, tritium and weapon-grade uranium. INSET: Glossary.;A military fuel cycle primer..

The authors argue in favor of a cutoff agreement for production of nuclear materials. The decision to produce, or not produce, new materials depends on arms reductions, kinds of weapons, rates of deployment, and production efficiency.

Discusses the spread of nuclear arms to regional powers in some of the world's most troubled areas. Reagan administration's overall record in dealing with specific emerging nuclear states; Nonproliferation not a high priority of Reagan administration; Civilian use of plutonium.

Reports on West German export policy and the fact that the US government has repeatedly protested the activities of West German companies that allegedly exported sensitive technology to countries in the Third World. INSET: The Transnuclear affair(company which handles nuclear waste)..

Reports on the debate over a resolution that nuclear weapons should be abolished by the year 2000, between Theodore B. Taylor and Sidney Drell, held at the national meeting of Physicians for Social Responsibility in March, 1989.